LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Lou Priolo (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern) led the Rider University baseball team with four hits on the day, but the Broncs were swept in a doubleheader with Marist Wednesday afternoon on Sonny Pittaro Field. With the losses, the Broncs fall to 13-13, while the Red Foxes are now 9-3.

Rider scored the first two runs of Game 1 in the bottom of the second. Luke Lesch (Gloucester Township, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) reached on a throwing error and a potential double-play ball to the shortstop side of second base from Tyler Stockwell (La Plata, MD/La Plata High School) took a bad hop for a single, putting runners on the corners. Lou Priolo (Voorhees, NJ/Eastern) plated Lesch with a single to right, before the second Rider run scored on a double-play ball.

Marist responded with a six-run top of the third to take a 6-2 lead. After Kenny Quijano (Teaneck, NJ/St. Mary's) recorded the first out of the inning, a hit-by-pitch and five-straight hits, including a three-run home run from Brian Hart, signaled the end of his outing. Hart added a second home run, this time a solo shot, in the fifth to make it 7-2 Marist. The Red Foxes added an insurance run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth to make it 8-2. Rider responded with a single tally in the sixth on Priolo's second RBI single of the game scored two more in the seventh on a two-run single from David Bermudez (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick). But Marist reliever Nick Cantone came on to get the final two outs and the save, stranding two.

Marist scored two runs in the first, two more in the second and three in the fourth inning to take control of Game 2. The Broncs got single runs back in the fifth and sixth innings on a Jake Barbiere (Stratford, NJ/Sterling) RBI single and Brian Skettini's (Midland Park, NJ/Ridgewood) first collegiate home run, respectively. The Red Foxes got both runs back in the seventh on a two-run single from Matt Rubayo. The teams exchanged single runs in the bottom of the eighth and top of the ninth, with Lesch singling home Priolo for the Broncs and Marist countering with an RBI single from Niko Amory to close out the scoring.

Quotes & Notes
"It was a tough day for us. We were beaten by a better team today."

"We can't dwell on this. We need to move forward, correct the mistakes, stay positive and prepare for our next series." – Rider Head Coach Barry Davis

- Quijano started Game 1 and allowed six earned runs on six hits in 2.1 innings pitched, striking out one.
- Kyle Smith (Stratford, NJ/Sterling) finished the game with 2.0 scoreless innings of relief, allowing a hit and two walks, while striking out two.
- Frank DelGuercio (Millstone, NJ/The Hun School of Princeton) started Game 2, but got just one out, allowing two earned runs on a hit, two walks, a hit batsman and a sacrifice fly. He was charged with two earned runs and the loss.
- The Broncs' typical Friday starter, Pete Soporowski (Sayreville, NJ/Sayreville War Memorial) pitched 2.0 innings of scoreless relief in Game 2, allowing a hit and a walk, while striking out three.
- The Broncs return to action Saturday, when they welcome Saint Peter's for the first of consecutive weekend doubleheaders. First pitch is slated for noon.  

Broncs by the Numbers
- Priolo led the Broncs with four hits, driving in two and scoring a run.
- Skettini went 2-for-3 in Game 2 with a solo home run, a walk and a hit-by-pitch.
- Barbiere contributed three hits and a walk, adding an RBI and a run scored.
- Stockwell, Bermudez, Lesch and Scott Shaw (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill High School West) each added two hits apiece.
- Bermudez matched Priolo's two RBI's.
- John Volpe (Sea Girt, NJ/Wall) also contributed a hit and a run scored.